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"Winter's Bone," a stark tale of a young woman trying to keep her family together, and Afghanistan war documentary "Restrepo" won top awards at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday.
"Winter's Bone" earned two prizes, best drama film by the Sundance jury of industry professionals and screenwriting for co-writer and director Debra Granik at the top U.S. gathering for independent movies.
"Restrepo," which tells of a year in the life of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, earned the jury prize for best documentary for filmmakers Sebastian Junger (author of "The Perfect Storm") and Tim Hetherington.
"This country's in a very painful moment, we're in the middle of two wars," Junger said on stage, accepting his award. "If our movie can help this country understand how to go forward, we would be incredibly honoured by that."
Sundance, backed by Robert Redford's Sundance Institute for film, kicks off the year for movies made outside Hollywood's major studios, and hits here are often among the most-watched in theatres that show low-budget, art and foreign movies.
"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" was a big winner in 2009 and earned critical acclaim and box office success in theatres, and Sundance has helped launch the careers of directors such as Steven Soderbergh and Quentin Tarantino.
While "Winter's Bone" and "Restrepo" took home top honours from the Sundance juries, audiences also get to vote for their favourites at the festival, which ends on January 31.
AUDIENCES AWARDS, WORLD CINEMA
Audiences voted "happythankyoumoreplease" best drama film. From first-time director and actor Josh Radnor, who stars in U.S. television comedy "How I Met Your Mother," it tells of six young New Yorkers dealing with life, love and friendship.
"I think my movie is rebellious," Radnor said on stage, echoing a theme of this year's festival about edgy filmmaking. "It's about people saying 'no' to cynicism and 'yes' to love."
Audiences voted Davis Guggenheim's ("An Inconvenient Truth") documentary, "Waiting for Superman," their favourite non-fiction film. "Superman" is a look at the crumbling U.S. educational system and what can be done to fix it.
U.S. dramatic film directing honours went to Eric Mendelsohn with "3 Backyards," a trio of tales about three people -- a businessman, housewife and young girl -- who find their lives change on a seemingly normal autumn day.
Among documentaries, Leon Gast was named best director for "Smash His Camera," a look at the life and career of paparazzi Ron Galella, and the editing award went to Penelope Falk for "Joan Rivers - A Piece Of Work", a look at the comedienne
Australia's, "Animal Kingdom," was named best dramatic film by the Sundance jury. It tells of an armed robber on the run from a gang of renegade detectives. The audience award for best drama went to "Contracorriente," set in a Peruvian village and tells of a young married fisherman in love with a gay painter.
The jury prize winner for documentary was Denmark's "The Red Chapel," about an unscrupulous journalist, and the audience trophy went to environmental film "Wasteland," backed by filmmakers in the United Kingdom and Brazil, about a Brazilian artist who creates images of people using materials from where they live.
"Winter's Bone" earned two prizes, best drama film by the Sundance jury of industry professionals and screenwriting for co-writer and director Debra Granik at the top U.S. gathering for independent movies.
"Restrepo," which tells of a year in the life of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, earned the jury prize for best documentary for filmmakers Sebastian Junger (author of "The Perfect Storm") and Tim Hetherington.
"This country's in a very painful moment, we're in the middle of two wars," Junger said on stage, accepting his award. "If our movie can help this country understand how to go forward, we would be incredibly honoured by that."
Sundance, backed by Robert Redford's Sundance Institute for film, kicks off the year for movies made outside Hollywood's major studios, and hits here are often among the most-watched in theatres that show low-budget, art and foreign movies.
"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" was a big winner in 2009 and earned critical acclaim and box office success in theatres, and Sundance has helped launch the careers of directors such as Steven Soderbergh and Quentin Tarantino.
While "Winter's Bone" and "Restrepo" took home top honours from the Sundance juries, audiences also get to vote for their favourites at the festival, which ends on January 31.
AUDIENCES AWARDS, WORLD CINEMA
Audiences voted "happythankyoumoreplease" best drama film. From first-time director and actor Josh Radnor, who stars in U.S. television comedy "How I Met Your Mother," it tells of six young New Yorkers dealing with life, love and friendship.
"I think my movie is rebellious," Radnor said on stage, echoing a theme of this year's festival about edgy filmmaking. "It's about people saying 'no' to cynicism and 'yes' to love."
Audiences voted Davis Guggenheim's ("An Inconvenient Truth") documentary, "Waiting for Superman," their favourite non-fiction film. "Superman" is a look at the crumbling U.S. educational system and what can be done to fix it.
U.S. dramatic film directing honours went to Eric Mendelsohn with "3 Backyards," a trio of tales about three people -- a businessman, housewife and young girl -- who find their lives change on a seemingly normal autumn day.
Among documentaries, Leon Gast was named best director for "Smash His Camera," a look at the life and career of paparazzi Ron Galella, and the editing award went to Penelope Falk for "Joan Rivers - A Piece Of Work", a look at the comedienne
Australia's, "Animal Kingdom," was named best dramatic film by the Sundance jury. It tells of an armed robber on the run from a gang of renegade detectives. The audience award for best drama went to "Contracorriente," set in a Peruvian village and tells of a young married fisherman in love with a gay painter.
The jury prize winner for documentary was Denmark's "The Red Chapel," about an unscrupulous journalist, and the audience trophy went to environmental film "Wasteland," backed by filmmakers in the United Kingdom and Brazil, about a Brazilian artist who creates images of people using materials from where they live.
Here's the full list of winners.
2010 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners:
Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic:
Winter’s Bone, directed by Debra Granik
Grand Jury Prize, Documentary:
Restrepo, directed by Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington
World Cinema Jury Prize, Dramatic:
Animal Kingdom, written and directed by David Michôd
World Cinema Jury Prize, Documentary:
The Red Chapel (Det Røde Kapel), directed by Mads Brügger
Dramatic Audience Award:
happythankyoumoreplease, written and directed by Josh Radnor
Documentary Audience Award:
WAITING FOR SUPERMAN, directed by Davis Guggenheim
World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award:
Contracorriente (Undertow), written and directed by Javier Fuentes-Leõn
World Cinema Documentary Audience Award:
Wasteland, directed by Lucy Walker
The Best of NEXT:
Homewrecker, directed by Todd Barnes and Brad Barnes
Directing Award, Dramatic:
3 Backyards, directed and written by Eric Mendelsohn
Directing Award, Documentary:
Smash His Camera, directed by Leon Gast
World Cinema Directing Award, Dramatic:
Southern District directed and written by Juan Carlos Valdivia
World Cinema Directing Award, Documentary:
Space Tourists, directed by Christian Frei
Waldo Scott Screenwriting Award:
Winter’s Bone, written by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini.
World Cinema Screenwriting Award:
Southern District, written and directed by Juan Carlos Valdivia
Documentary Editing Award:
Joan Rivers—A Piece Of Work, edited by Penelope Falk
World Cinema Documentary Editing Award:
A Film Unfinished, edited by Joëlle Alexis
Excellence in Cinematography Award, Dramatic:
Obselidia Cinematographer: Zak Mulligan
Excellence in Cinematography Award, Documentary:
The Oath Cinematographers: Kirsten Johnson and Laura Poitras
World Cinema Cinematography Award, Dramatic:
The Man Next Door (El Hombre de al Lado) Directors and cinematographers Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat
World Cinema Cinematography Award, Documentary:
His & Hers Cinematographers: Kate McCullough and Michael Lavelle
Special Jury Prize: Dramatic:
Sympathy for Delicious, directed by Mark Ruffalo
Special Jury Prize: Documentary:
GASLAND, directed by Josh Fox
World Cinema Special Jury Prize: Documentary
Enemies of the People, directed by Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath
Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking:
Drunk History: Douglass & Lincoln, directed by Jeremy Konner
Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking:
The Six Dollar Fifty Man, directed by Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland (New Zealand)
World Cinema Special Jury Prize: Dramatic for Breakout Performance:
Tatiana Maslany, for her role as a starry-eyed teenager in “Grown Up Movie Star.”
Honorable Mentions in Short Filmmaking:
Born Sweet, directed by Cynthia Wade (USA, Cambodia)
Can We Talk?, directed by Jim Owen (United Kingdom)
Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No, directed by James Blagden (USA)
How I Met Your Father, directed by Álex Montoya (Spain)
Quadrangle, directed by Amy Grappell (USA)
Rob and Valentyna in Scotland, directed by Eric Lynne (USA, United Kingdom)
Young Love, directed by Ariel Kleiman (Australia)
Alfred P. Sloan PrizeL
Obselidia, directed by Diane Bell
Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Awards:
Amat Escalante, Heli (Mexico)
Andrey Zvyagintsev, Elena (Russia)
Daisuke Yamaoka, The Wonderful Lives at Asahigaoka (Japan)
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild (USA)